Steve Buscemi

Steve Buscemi

Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times

Although the HBO show "Boardwalk Empire" has won the SAG award for TV drama series ensemble for two years in a row -- with Steve Buscemi also taking home the statue for male actor in a drama series this year -- Buscemi, who has long been lauded for his skill as a character actor, doesn't feel like a leading man. "I still feel like a character actor," the actor said backstage, surrounded by the show's cast. "For me its being part of that ensemble that matters. For me the show is Atlantic City. We all live and work there and Nucky does run things, but there are plenty of people who want that job as well."

Although the HBO show "Boardwalk Empire" has won the SAG award for TV drama series ensemble for two years in a row -- with Steve Buscemi also taking home the statue for male actor in a drama series this year -- Buscemi, who has long been lauded for his skill as a character actor, doesn't feel like a leading man. "I still feel like a character actor," the actor said backstage, surrounded by the show's cast. "For me its being part of that ensemble that matters. For me the show is Atlantic City. We all live and work there and Nucky does run things, but there are plenty of people who want that job as well." (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Although the HBO show "Boardwalk Empire" has won the SAG award for TV drama series ensemble for two years in a row -- with Steve Buscemi also taking home the statue for male actor in a drama series this year -- Buscemi, who has long been lauded for his skill as a character actor, doesn't feel like a leading man. "I still feel like a character actor," the actor said backstage, surrounded by the show's cast. "For me its being part of that ensemble that matters. For me the show is Atlantic City. We all live and work there and Nucky does run things, but there are plenty of people who want that job as well."